Peloponnes

Borrowed from German Peloponnes, borrowed from Latin Peloponnēsus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos), from Πέλοψ (Pélops) + νῆσος (nêsos).

• IPA^(key): [pʰelopʰoˈneˀs]

Peloponnes

1. Peloponnese (a peninsula in Greece, separated from mainland Europe by the Gulf of Corinth and connected to it by the Isthmus of Corinth)

Borrowed from Latin Peloponnēsus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos), from Πέλοψ (Pélops) + νῆσος (nêsos).

• IPA^(key): [ˌpɛlopoˈneːs]
• Hyphenation: Pe‧lo‧pon‧nes

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die Peloponnes f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Peloponnes) or
der Peloponnes m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Peloponnes)

1. Peloponnese (a peninsula in Greece, separated from mainland Europe by the Gulf of Corinth and connected to it by the Isthmus of Corinth)

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